Crime
Man charged to court for alleged assault, attempted rape
A 23-year-old man, Bashir Aminu, appeared in a Senior Magistrates’ Court, in Kano, on Friday, for alleged assault and attempt to rape a 15-year-old girl.
The defendant, who is a self-claimed businessman, and resident of Tudun Rubudi village, Kano, is facing trial on a three-count charge of criminal force, assault and attempt to commit an offence to wit rape.
The prosecutor, Mr Yusuf Sale, told the court that one Usman Musa of Rimin Auzunawa Quarters, Kano, reported the case at Rijiyar Zaki Police Division Kano, on Sept. 20, 2019.
Sale said on the same day at about 12:00 p.m, the defendant lured the complainant into an uncompleted building along Rimin Auzunawa Quarters, Kano while she was selling sweet potatoes in the area.
“The defendant led the victim to the uncompleted building on the pretence to buy the sweet potatoe.
“The defendant struggled with the victim, who had the intention to have unlawful sexual intercourse with her, but she escaped and reported the case to her father”.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Sale said that the offences contravened Sections 265, 268 and 95 of the Penal Code.
The senior magistrate, Aminu Fagge, granted the defendant bail of N100,000 with one reliable surety in like sum.
Fagge adjourned the case until Jan. 13 for further mention.
NAN
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